Re: Fn keys don't work on i3wm but work on Xfce
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> Grigory Fateyev (HE12025-08-09):
> > I recently installed Debian Trixie on my new Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen3
> > (Intel Core i7-155H, Meteor Lake-P). While everything works smoothly
> > under Xfce, my Fn keys (brightness, volume, etc.) stopped functioning
> > after switching to i3wm.
> >
> > Could you advise on how to export the relevant Xfce configuration for
> > these keys and apply it in i3wm?
>
> That is probably not possible.
>
> > Any troubleshooting steps or
> > alternative solutions would also be greatly appreciated.
>
> This is the diagnosis method:
>
> Open a terminal and run “xev”, select the window that opens. Look at the
> terminal, a lot of lines appear. Press one of the keys you want, and
> look at what appears in the terminal at that exact time.
>
> If it is a “KeyPress event” and then a “KeyRelease event”, as I suspect,
> it means that nobody is listening to these keys, they are just keys that
> are transmitted to the application like F1 or menu.
I see these two blocks KeyPress/KeyRelease like you said but under Xfce and
they work, but under i3wm nothing happened. Output is empty!
>
> If that is the case, you need to configure something to listen to these
> keys and act accordingly. I do not know if i3 has built-in support for
> user-defined keyboard shortcuts; otherwise you will need to use an
> additional tool.
Yes, i3 has keybinding.
>
> I also do not know what stand-alone tools are available on your system
> to perform the actions associated with these keys. You will need to be
> able to adjust the brightness or volume by command line before you can
> bind it to a key.
It's ok.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas George
>
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Best regards,
Grigory
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